Golden Fishery

"You know Arctic grayling, so you should know how to eat the most delicious fish?" The owner asked interestedly. A pile of frozen Arctic grayling was placed in the snow, and the owner's wife had divided them according to size.

Arctic grayling is a freshwater fish. Of course, it can also enter the ocean. For example, when it migrates to spawn, it will enter the open sea. People in Europe and North America are known to dislike freshwater fish, but Arctic grayling is an exception.

The biggest advantage of this kind of fish is that it is very large, with less thorns, delicious taste and high nutritional value. Moreover, the fish meat contains less cholesterol and is easy to digest. The translation is that they can be safely eaten with a knife and fork, and they will not gain weight if they eat too much, nor will they cause cerebrovascular diseases.

For Caucasians, these characteristics are combined and put on a fish, it is a good fish.

Why don't they eat Asian carp? Because Asian carp has many bones, strong earthy smell, high fat and cholesterol content, and the taste is not good when processed by traditional methods, it is simply two extremes with Arctic grayling.

Arctic grayling belongs to cold-water fish. From the perspective of nutrition, cold-water fish is high-protein and high-fat fish. Its cholesterol content is almost zero, and it is rich in amino acids, unsaturated fatty acids, minerals and vitamins, such as dha and epa The content is several times higher than other fish.

In addition, cold-water fish are mostly carnivorous species, the meat is tender and delicious, and the edible part is large.

Qin Shiou only knew a little bit about arctic grayling. Anyway, there is no such fish in the whole Newfoundland area, so it is useless for him to know more. However, his memory is extremely good, so he remembered everything he knew, including the way to eat this fish.

Chinese people like to eat hot pot, and white people in Canada and the United States don’t like this way, but arctic grayling is suitable for cutting fish and shabu-shabu.

Qin Shiou said the answer, and the captain smiled happily: "Yes, it is suitable for eating hot-boiled meat, but this is just one of the ways to eat it. Come on, let's clean up. Prepare to cut the meat. But before that, I have to give You show a little trick."

Forty or fifty arctic graylings were dug out of that whole ice floe, and the mining volume was considerable. This is because Arctic grayling is a social trout fish that likes to live in groups, so when a body of water freezes, they will be frozen together.

The body color of this fish is very bright and beautiful, and the back of adult fish is dark purple. The side of the body is light yellow, with some spots on the side of the body, while the abdomen of the juvenile fish is white, and there are several dark horizontal spots on both sides of the body, which is not as bright as the big fish, nor is it plump and plump.

Even fish of the same size have different degrees of bright colors on their bodies. The owner of the boat packed up some fish with extra bright colors and hung them under the eaves, obviously not intending to eat them.

Qin Shiou glanced at it and said nothing.

Fearing that he might misunderstand, the captain explained: "You should know that the brighter the color of arctic grayling, the worse the taste. This kind of fish is only suitable for drying in the sun."

"Oh, buddy, I understand, it's okay." Qin Shiou nodded, color is a weapon for arctic grayling, it is used to warn the enemy not to prey on it. In this case, the nutrients in the body of the fish are used to develop the appearance color, and the meat quality is not good.

The owner of the ship raises the stove outdoors and places a pot on it. Then I picked a few fat Arctic graylings and put them in.

After a while, the ice on the surface of these fish melted. Slowly, the tail of one fish shook, and then its tail shook again, and the fins began to move. Finally swam in the water.

One by one, the fish in the pot came back to life, swimming restlessly in the warm water.

Seeing this, Qin Shiou said in amazement: "Wow, this is really a good trick. Are these fish not dead? How could it be? I saw with my own eyes that they are already hard, and they have been frozen in ice for at least half a year Right? Can you still live like this? Come back from the dead?”

Seeing his surprised expression, the captain laughed, showing two rows of white teeth: "Of course it is not resurrection from death. If it dies, it will enter the arms of God and can never return to the world. In fact, these arctic graylings are not dead. Die, they're just quick-frozen!"

"Arctic grayling can survive in low temperatures. As long as the water does not freeze, they can live very well. Their cells contain a kind of sugar muscle, which is similar in effect to the antifreeze of a car, and has an amazing ability to prevent cold."

"In this way, they are frozen in the ice. There is only one possibility, that is, a cold wind blows overnight, and the water area is suddenly frozen, and the temperature is very low. Otherwise, as long as the freezing speed is not fast enough, they will die. escape."

"Because the arctic grayling contains sugar muscle, quick freezing prevents the formation of regular sharp crystals in the water inside and outside the fish cells, so that the cells will not be punctured, so the cells can survive, but at the same time, due to the temperature, the metabolism of the fish is also completely Stop. And just like that, they go into 'hibernation'."

Qin Shiou didn't quite understand, but he felt that the owner of the ship might not understand the reason, so he pretended to understand and nodded in admiration - he found that the owner of the ship liked to show his knowledge, from Bingshan to Xiong Er getting along with Melon to Now, he has been using the approach of "Approaching Science" to analyze problems.

After the fish came back to life, the captain fished them out and chopped off their heads with an axe, and then explained: "What I just explained was incomplete. In fact, it was a very complicated process, but one point I forgot to say is that although these fish They didn’t die, but their organs were exhausted a long time ago. After all, natural rapid cooling is not technological freezing, and they will still die after being revived. So, it’s better for me to kill them, and give them a good time, right?”

Qin Shiou smiled and said, "Yes, you let them fall into the embrace of God faster."

While flattering, he looked at the bloody fish head and body, thinking to himself that these fish just fell into the arms of God, wondering if it would stain God's white robe.

The owner of the ship is a person who likes to listen to praise, Qin Shiou likes him, he has been very excited.

Slice and cut the fish meat, take out the roe and remove the fish bones, and the fatty fish will be cleaned up quickly.

The owner washed the fish roe several times, mixed it with some flour and chopped vegetable leaves, and kneaded it into cakes, introducing: "This is the most delicious fish roe vegetable cake here, believe me, it tastes great! "

Qin Shiou cleaned the fish and said with a smile: "Then I can't wait to taste it. You may not know that I have been eating ordinary fried fish and fried fish since I came here. That's really boring."

Said the captain, "You should try whale meat and seal meat, haven't you eaten?"

Qin Shiou shrugged and said, "No, no, I don't like to eat those things. I only like to eat ordinary fish, such as today's arctic grayling. I haven't eaten it, but I know it is delicious."

The boat owner deeply agreed: "There is nothing more correct than your words. This is absolutely delicious. Come on, we can start the meal." (To be continued.)

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